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Did other people think before clicking on the link "I really hope they don't say where it is or provide a picture, because someone is sure to go find it and cho

• etiam 4y ago
  Quite similar, yes. I went to comments precisely to say I really wish they'd stop bringing mass Internet attention to vulnerable wonders of nature like these. It places them in terrible danger. The sadist with an axe is definitely a real threat as has been seen repeatedly, but even if not, the stampede of a selfie-crowd is a danger in itself for something like this. There are ancient plants that have had life-threatening damage from suddenly having unreasonable numbers of people clinging on them for photos and wearing down the grown all the way through the roots. I certainly don't want to see this sort of reporting just to fill space during a news drought.
• TrickyRick 4y ago
  The tree has a website (The website honors the age of the tree by also looking like something prehistoric) [1], information about it and its location is readily available on the national park's website [2], it has a Wikipedia article [3], and of course it's on Google Maps. So I don't really think this article provides anything new. [1]: http://www.oldtjikko.se/OldTjikkoFulufjallet.html http://www.oldtjikko.se/OldTjikkoFulufjallet.html [2]: https://www.sverigesnationalparker.se/park/fulufjallets-nationalpark/upplevelser/varldens-aldsta-trad/ https://www.sverigesnationalparker.se/park/fulufjallets-nati... [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tjikko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tjikko